kylmith

kylmith t1_je3y83c wrote

You know how you have a voice that helps you talk and say things? Well, different people also have voices, but they are not the same as yours. Some people say things differently than you do, even if they use the same words. This is called having an accent. Accents are like different ways of singing the same song. For example, you can sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” in a high voice or a low voice, or a fast voice or a slow voice. These are like different accents. Now imagine that different people live in different places, like different countries or cities. Sometimes these people don’t talk to each other very much, so they start to sing their songs differently. They may change some of the sounds or words in their songs, or they may make up new songs. These changes make their accents different from each other. For example, people who live in Australia may sing their songs differently than people who live in Britain or America, even if they use the same language. That’s why their accents are different.

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kylmith t1_je3xuyg wrote

You know how you have a brain that helps you think and feel things? Well, different animals also have brains, but they are not the same as yours. Some animals have very tiny brains that only help them do easy things, like eating or sleeping. These animals may not think or feel much at all, or only a little bit. Other animals have bigger brains that help them do more things, like playing or talking. These animals may think and feel more than the tiny ones, but not as much as you. You have the biggest and best brain of all the animals, because it helps you do many wonderful things that no other animal can do, like reading stories, drawing pictures, singing songs, or counting numbers. You also have something very special that no other animal has: you can think about yourself and who you are. You can ask questions like “What is my name?” or “What is my favorite color?” or “How do I feel today?” This is called being self-aware or sentient. It means that you have a very special kind of thinking and feeling that makes you different from all the other animals.

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